The young Cubs are in the postseason, and will face the Pirates on Wednesday in the National League Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser, live on TBS at 7 p.m. CT. Russell said the only situation he's been in that's similar was state high school baseball tournaments, but the shortstop and others felt as if every day was a playoff game in the last month of the regular season.
"Just being around crowds like the crowd that will be here [Wednesday] -- I don't think I'll see a bigger crowd," Russell said of the crowd expected at PNC Park.